This is really not unfair to the so-called Tang poetry, Song lyrics, and Ming novels of the Qing Dynasty. These are all things that require literacy to understand. The Yuan songs produced by the Mongols and the more popular crosstalks and operas in the Qing Dynasty are just something that you can listen to without knowing them.

The fundamental reason is mainly the problem of literacy rate.

The higher the literacy rate, the higher the popularity of books, the faster the spread of various knowledge, and the faster the development of culture, technology, art, philosophy and other aspects.

On the contrary, the lower the literacy rate, the less popular the books will be. Various knowledge is monopolized by a few people, and the development of culture, technology, art, philosophy and other aspects will also stagnate.

Let’s give the simplest example.

Before the emergence of text, were there any philosophy, art and other things in the world?

Maybe there is, but it has not been recorded, so naturally there is no inheritance.

After the emergence of text, various cultures, science and technology, art and philosophy began to be recorded and inherited. For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period, seal script and bamboo slips had developed considerably, so a hundred schools of thought contend.

Although most of the other hundreds of theories disappeared into the long river of history after the Qin and Han Dynasties, most of the things that should be passed down were passed down.

It was not until the Song Dynasty that with the invention of movable type printing, books really began to become popular among the people on a small scale. After Zhu Yuanzhang vigorously promoted social science, more and more people were literate in Zhongyuantang, and novels began to become popular.

One of the more critical points here is whether Li Er is a hero of the generation before the Song Dynasty? This guy was a cruel person who led people to start movies. It would be a bullshit to say that he was not a hero of the generation.

(Not to mention the Xianbei bloodline of Li Er, because the Zhongyuan Tangkou has always been a patriarchal society. Li Er refused to admit that he was Xianbei bloodline and would only think that he was the emperor of the Han family. This statement was first created by Japanese slaves, including the saying that there was no China after Yashan was also created by Japanese slaves.)

However, even a hero like Li Er has to compromise with the aristocratic families, and the reason for the compromise is the knowledge monopoly problem caused by the low literacy rate.

It was not until the big gift period that the problem of knowledge monopoly was initially solved after the introduction of movable type printing. A large number of books began to spread, and a large number of knowledge began to spread from the monopoly of aristocratic families to the people.

This is also why Zhu Yuanzhang could unscrupulously rebel. In addition to Zhu Yuanzhang himself being an emperor and not afraid of rebellion, the most important reason is that the popularity of books and social sciences has increased the literacy rate in Zhongyuan Hall. Even if Lao Zhu replaced all the ministers in the court, there was no need to worry about no one available.

At most, it will be a mess for a while. When the novice who replaced the game adapted, the problem will be solved slowly.

In the late Ming Dynasty, even though the national strength was declining due to various natural disasters and man-made disasters, Europa had already shown signs of technological overtaking. The Ming Dynasty could still rub against the Dutch and English barbarians. It was precisely because of the literacy rate that those scholars represented by Xu Guangqi did not miss the opportunity to learn Europa technology. The Ming Dynasty might be a little behind at this time, but there was still a chance to overtake.

This also happened to be the reason why the Qing Dynasty committed suicide in literary inquisition.

As long as the literacy rate is low enough, no one will think about it by reading books, and no one will bother with technologies that may cause trouble to the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, the Qing Dynasty had been stable for more than 150 years. If it weren't for Zhu Jinsong, the one who forced the crossing to suddenly raise the flag to rebel, I was afraid that the Qing Dynasty would have been stable for decades until the English barbarians knocked on the door with cannons, until Hong Xiuquan, the general of the Bayern General, raised the flag to rebel, and until the Qing Dynasty was completely in ruins.

Similarly, this is also the reason why Zhu Jinsong played his life to promote literacy and social science.

Literacy and social studies that started when they occupied Menglianggu have given Zhu Jinsong enough available talents in his pocket. It is also a batch of talents that have surpassed Europe in the Ming Dynasty's artillery, muskets, steam engines, electricity and other aspects.

More importantly, the literacy rate of the Ming Dynasty continued to increase, allowing the people of the Ming Dynasty to gradually gain the ability to read. In addition, the entertainment activities at this time were still relatively monotonous, so the story version of "Hongwu Daqiu" naturally had a soil for promotion.

After the "Hongwu Great Edict" was promoted...

When Zeng Cheng thought that the entire Ming people knew the provisions of the Ming Law and even used the Ming Law to tie some evil officials to the capital for trial, he couldn't help but feel chilling.

After a while of silence, Zeng Cheng and the elders bowed slightly before responding.

The general trend has come true.

As students graduated from the university and even from universities, the old men in the court suddenly realized that the knowledge they had was no longer monopolized.

Compared with those students who have systematically learned about governance, history, and even how to rebel and govern the country, the only advantage these big brothers have may be the experience accumulated over the years.

However, experience is just experience. What they can accumulate, and the students can still accumulate slowly.

Therefore, there is no one in the entire court that cannot be replaced.

But when Zeng Cheng and the elders were a little confused or even lost, Zhu Jinsong said with a smile: "By the way, I still have another idea. Why should I advise me?"

Without waiting for Zeng Cheng and others to ask questions, Zhu Jinsong said to himself: "The most troublesome problem I have now is that there are too few Dings in the Ming Dynasty, and the other is that there are too few members of the Ming Dynasty."

"There are too few Ding's mouth and too few royal families. These two problems have seriously restricted the speed of our Ming Dynasty's expansion. Now we can only watch the large tracts of land in Europa and Xi Kunlun are in the hands of the barbarians."

After Zhu Jinsong said this, Zeng Cheng and the elders couldn't help but feel a little confused.

The Ming Dynasty had too few Dingkou, which was a common topic in the Ming Dynasty. After all, the Ming Dynasty had to move some people out to the border every year, but it has been almost ten years since it moved, and a total of millions of people have been moved out. Not to mention the latest territories, even the Myanmar and Jiaozhi that were taken down first have not been filled. Zeng Cheng and other officials in the court also had a headache about this problem.

However, the topic of too few royal families was the first time that Zhu Jinsong, the Ming emperor, mentioned it.

Compared with the problem of too few Ding's mouths, the problem of too few members of the Ming Dynasty's royal family is even more difficult to solve. When Zhu Jinsong, Zhu Erdan and Zhu Sanshun's children grow up, they will have to have at least ten years.

During this time, Zhu Jinsong wanted to govern the country, Zhu Erdan and Zhu Sanshun had to lead troops to fight. Even if Zhu Jinsong, Zhu Erdan and Zhu Sanshun had all had their lives to give birth, how many could they have?

Therefore, the problem of the royal family in the Ming Dynasty was more unsolvable than that of Dingkou Shaotai.

Zhu Jinsong continued, "I think that since the royal family is not enough, and our Ming Dynasty has so many territory overseas, I don't expect the royal family for the time being."

"My plan is to take out part of Xi Kunlun. If any ministers are willing to go out to sea to establish a country, they can bring it up with me."

"Of course, if you want to go overseas and establish a country, not everyone can go there. There must be a standard here, and this land cannot be given for nothing. You should still pay what you should pay, otherwise Uncle Huaiwen would not ask me for money every day to buy a cat?"

Zeng Cheng and the elders continued to be confused, and even doubted whether Zhu Jinsong was fishing and wanted to go out to build a country, which showed that he was too ambitious and turned around...

Seeing that Zeng Cheng and other elders had no answer, Zhu Jinsong bent his fingers and knocked on the table again, saying, "This is what I annoyed you the most. Everything will be complicated."

"I tell you clearly that I want all the land on the entire Little Breaking Ball, but I can't manage it myself. There are not so many royal families in the Ming Dynasty, and they can't count on them. So, I can only make up your mind. Do you understand?"

"Who is willing to go overseas to establish a country? Use money to buy land from the Ministry of Revenue. Go back and spend money to recruit people to follow you to explore. The land belongs to the Ming Dynasty court. At most, you can only grant titles such as kings. Go back and give up the franchise to the Ministry of Revenue. It will ensure that it will not affect the Ming Dynasty's local area. Understand?"

Hearing this, Zeng Cheng couldn't help but ask tentatively: "Your Majesty, is this a bit inappropriate?"

Zhu Jinsong laughed and said, "Is it not right? What's wrong? All bans must implement the Ming Dynasty's laws, and tributes that should be paid must not be missed. Even the lord of the country is just collecting taxes and supporting the officials himself. When he turns around, he has to worship the Ming Dynasty as the sect leader. In this way, there is naturally nothing wrong with it."

Zeng Cheng said sincerely that you are really easy to say.

The lord of a country is called a king of a country. Even if he has no military power, even if he has an emperor of Ming Dynasty on his head, even if he fully implements the Ming Dynasty laws within the country, it looks more like a decoration, but he is also the lord of a country. This respect cannot be exchanged for no amount of money!

More importantly, you can ensure that the various bans will not be in chaos? You can guarantee that no one will rebel?

After thinking about it, Zeng Cheng bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I think this matter is inappropriate. If someone is in the future..."

Zhu Jinsong waved his hand and said, "What are some people doing? Some people rebel? What are you doing when you act like a small pot? Also, I have this idea now, but how can I ensure that the bribery will not affect the Ming Dynasty court, and it is beneficial to these lords who went out to buy fiefdoms and establish a country. This is exactly what I need you to study."

Zeng Cheng was immediately angry.

Okay, after all, you want us to pay for fiefdoms, and you have to let us limit our own power. When we look back, we still ride on our heads...

But Zeng Cheng could not refuse the temptation of being alone in the south.

In other words, no one at Zhongyuan Hall can refuse such temptation.

After thinking about it, Zeng Cheng asked again tentatively: "That folk..."

Zhu Jinsong said: "The people do not allow it. This time, the reason why I plan to give the nobles the opportunity to go out to sea to enfeoff the country is because I am attracted by the ability to govern the country. No matter how rich the wealthy businessmen in the people are, do they know how to govern the country?"

"Also, this time the matter is not only for civil servants, but also for the Governor's Office of the Five Army."

"Let's discuss it yourself to see which level or above can have the opportunity to go overseas to enfeoffment, and what should be the regulations after enfeoffment? Anyway, you have to study these messy issues and give them a charter to me."

This is also a benefit Zhu Jinsong gave them.

As the old saying goes, if you slap it, Zhu Jinsong has been forced to give in to the officials of the Ming Dynasty in other aspects. Therefore, Zhu Jinsong naturally became much more generous when giving it to him.

It is a broken place like Western Kunlun.

Moreover, Zhu Jinsong was confident enough that Zeng Cheng and other elders would be interested in the feudal state, but after discussing and discussing, these people would only try every means to ensure that the feudal state would not threaten the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention that the right to enthronement will definitely be retained in the hands of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. Zeng Cheng and others may even be able to take out official positions such as the Prime Minister and the Taiwei who have disappeared for hundreds of years from the old paper pile, and then hand over the appointment power of the Prime Minister and the Taiwei to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Even, they may even pick up the gameplay of protons, such as the next generation of kings must live in the capital of the Ming Dynasty for many years.

To put it bluntly, everyone wants the opportunity to split the soil and seal the grass. Zeng Cheng and other big brothers also understand in their hearts that an opportunity is a good opportunity and must be seized. However, only if Zhu Jinsong, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, can he be able to get this opportunity.

If you want to reassure the Ming Emperor Zhu Jinsong, the best way is to limit the power of the king of the country and leave both military and legal power to the Ming Emperor for decision.

Otherwise, even if he and others had discussed the constitution, Zhu Jinsong, the Ming emperor, would not have passed it. He would only request modifications over and over again until he was satisfied.

Of course, before discussing the so-called charter for the exile of overseas corpses, the most important thing is to get through the things that Emperor Zhu and his elders explained, such as the split of each department, the split of the Censorate and the Censorate, and the tabloids in Jiangnan.

No one is a fool, especially the big old men in the court like Zeng Cheng. If they are covered with hair, they are more beautiful than monkeys!

After Zeng Cheng and the elders bowed and responded, Zhu Jinsong bent his fingers and knocked on the table again, turning the topic back to India and Europe.
Chapter completed!